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The 2005 Medal and Awards presentation ceremony was held on 9 December 2005 at a luncheon at the Sheraton on the Park hotel in Sydney. The Human Rights Day address was delivered by Commission President, the Hon. John von Doussa QC and Julie McCrossin was the MC.

community award (individual)

Winner: David Vadiveloo

for his work at the grass roots level assisting Indigenous communities to communicate their issues to the global stage. Kerrianne Cox and Jane Rowe were highly commended.

community award (organisation)

Winner: Chilout (Children out of Detention)

Award for their campaign to have children removed from immigration detention. Streetwize Communications, The Immigration Advice and Rights Centre, and the NSW Disability Discrimination Legal Centre Inc.were highly commended. The Community Award category was sponsored by SBS Radio.

print media award

Winner: Andra Jackson , The Age

won the Print Media Award for Mystery Detained Woman an Australia, stories which resulted in the identification of Cornelia Rau. Michael Gordon (The Age) Nauru features and Russell Skelton (The Age) Papunya – Our Third World Shame were highly commended.

radio award

a documentary about a young man Chris Nolan, who lives in an aged care nursing home, and the family and friends who support him. When Nolan was 28 years old he suffered a hypoxic brain injury which left him in a 'locked in' state - unable to speak, see or move, but still able to hear and understand. The program dealt with the profound effects of his injury - on him and those around him.

Described by the judges "as an incredibly moving, challenging and brilliant piece of radio", it managed to deal with a sensitive issue in an engaging and uplifting way.